Pneumonia
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients with 20 years of age and older 2.Patients with pneumonia 3.Patients who are planned bronchoscopic analysis for an evaluation of causative pathogens
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients who should be excluded due to the safety issues 2.Patients who are considered inappropriate by the attending physicians
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The frequency of detected causative pathogens in the respiratory infections such as bacterial pneumonia, lower respiratory tract infection, and viral pneumonia | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Comparison of detection frequency of causative pathogens between bacterial floral analysis and cultivation method 2. The frequency of co-infection of bacteria and virus in pneumonia | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Department of Respiratory Medicine